NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual

Ralph DiMola rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
Fri Sep 9 14:08:59 EDT 2022 

The .lce file is in zip format. Change the extension to .zip to easily examine contents.

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net



-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2022 1:47 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: Matthias Rebbe
Subject: Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual

If you would extract the .lce file, then you could copy the extracted folder to the extension folder. 

Von meinem iPhone gesendet

> Am 09.09.2022 um 19:05 schrieb Mike Kerner via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Weird. I thought you could just toss it in the extensions folder.
> 
>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 10:33 AM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode < 
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, And after the install you will the widget folder in your "My 
>> LiveCode"==>Extensions folder. It will appear the the tool palette 
>> and in the inclusions pane of the standalone settings.
>> 
>> Ralph DiMola
>> IT Director
>> Evergreen Information Services
>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On 
>> Behalf Of Brian Milby via use-livecode
>> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2022 9:54 AM
>> To: How to use LiveCode
>> Cc: Brian Milby
>> Subject: Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual
>> 
>> You have to use the IDE to install widgets.
>> Tools… Extension Manager… + (icon, top right)
>> 
>> Brian Milby
>> brian at milby7.com
>> 
>>> On Sep 9, 2022, at 9:40 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Throwing NavRAD into my extensions folder doesn't seem to install it.
>>> I wonder why.
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:19 PM Mike Kerner 
>>>> <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> by the way, isn't it crazy how much overhead is required with lcb
>> widgets?
>>>> there is so...much...stuff you have to put on top just to get to 
>>>> the heart of the thing.
>>>> and i'm never going to like the way lc embeds the comments in the 
>>>> source of anything.
>>>> or the way they spell "favourites", or pronounce "Aluminum". Do you 
>>>> see an extra "i" in there? No? It's invisible, that's why.
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:00 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode < 
>>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I think the user is going to need to code the width adjustment in 
>>>>> the resizeStack handler.  Widgets can’t change their rect on their 
>>>>> own.  It has to happen from the LCS side.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Brian Milby
>>>>> brian at milby7.com
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 6, 2022, at 3:29 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
>>>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Mike,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For future reference the source is in the .lce file. The .lce is 
>>>>>> in zip
>>>>> format. Temporarily change the extension to .zip. You will see the 
>>>>> lcb file in there. Also when you install it the source will be in 
>>>>> the extension folder. But since I posted .lce I have put in 
>>>>> comments starting with "RAD Change" to show where I have made 
>>>>> changes. Here is the link to the updated
>>>>> source==>https://www.dropbox.com/s/bv930usovpruo5e/navrad.lcb?dl=0
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for taking a look!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Also I found that after I updated the docs that the docs are 
>>>>>> generated
>>>>> from the lcb file. I re-built the widget and boom my doc changes 
>>>>> were destroyed. No problem I just had redo the docs for my changes 
>>>>> in the lcb file. So many unknowns. I am trying to find a way to 
>>>>> resize it to the card width with a user setting for height percent 
>>>>> of card width. But the docs are so scant and confusing I feel the
>> giant headache coming on again.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ralph DiMola
>>>>>> IT Director
>>>>>> Evergreen Information Services
>>>>>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com]
>>>>>> On
>>>>> Behalf Of Mike Kerner via use-livecode
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 3:00 PM
>>>>>> To: How to use LiveCode
>>>>>> Cc: Mike Kerner
>>>>>> Subject: Re: NAVRAD was: lcb missing manual
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ralph,
>>>>>> got the source, somewhere? i'd like to learn from it.
>>>>>> testing to begin...now.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 1:32 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
>>>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I took a major stab at LCB and created a new widget based on the 
>>>>>>> navbar widget. I have made 2 changes to the navbar and call it
>> navrad.
>>>>>>> It does not modify the stock navbar. With almost no docs it was 
>>>>>>> a challenge. There were so many unknowns I got a few giant 
>>>>>>> headaches. It adds 4 new 
>>>>>>> properties(iconFill,autoRADHilite,preHilitedItem,
>>>>>>> preHilitedItemName) and 1 new message(preHiliteChanged). I 
>>>>>>> updated the documentation so the new properties and message show 
>>>>>>> in the dictionary with example(search for "navrad" or just "rad").
>>>>>>> One thing I ran into was that I had to call the "autohilite"
>>>>>>> property autoRADHilite because using any existing property 
>>>>>>> causes a confilict that I could not get around without sufficient docs.
>>>>>>> It does show in the property inspector as "auto hilite". These 
>>>>>>> changes allow 1)enlarge/center the icon if there is no label 
>>>>>>> 2)intercept a selection before it is hilited and make a choice 
>>>>>>> to hilite and send the stock hiliteChanged message (or not). Why 
>>>>>>> no label? For one social media
>>>>> icons don’t need labels. Why a pre message?
>>>>>>> Someone suggested it and I thought it was a great idea. 
>>>>>>> Backwards compatible with existing navbar LCS code. The was an 
>>>>>>> auto sizing to card width request. I will look to see if I can 
>>>>>>> do it without more
>>>>> docs(or help).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If anyone would like to try it and find any bugs it's at ==> 
>>>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/51zm4m8dip49jov/com.livecode.widget.na
>>>>>>> vr
>>>>>>> ad.2
>>>>>>> .0.0.lce?dl=0
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ralph DiMola
>>>>>>> IT Director
>>>>>>> Evergreen Information Services
>>>>>>> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>>>>>>> 
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